matured / 歳を重ねる

How fast January has passed and this feeling is growing stronger every year! Events over Christmas and the New Year made me think about the fact that we all are getting older year by year. OK, we have to accept it naturally and let’s call it becoming mature, rather than getting old – we might be ‘fermenting’ in other words..

A vulnerable and cute Lamb is grown into a tough Ram in a few years – well, these stamps give us a completely different impression. Some character has gone, but another is developing.